When Will Jesus Christ Return?
This is based on my personal study and quiet time notes. I have not made a thorough research on this topic so I would not be surprised if the readers may find my ideas questionable. Read on and post your comments so I can evaluate my ideas.
Q. When will Jesus Christ return?
A. The exact day and hour of His return is not known. "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but My Father only" (Matthew 24:36). His return is imminent and sure. "But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the day" (I Thessalonians 5: 1,2). The following is the order of events related to coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
a. Jesus Christ will come to take with Him all Christians before the seven-year tribulation (called The Great Tribulation) (John 14:1-3; I Cor. 15:51-56; I Thes. 4:13-18). This is commonly referred to as the Rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ.
b. Then at the end of the Great Tribulation period, He will return with His saints to fight and defeat the beast and the false prophet (Rev 19:11-21). This is called as the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
c. After that, He will establish His millennial kingdom (Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ) on earth while Satan is bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years (Rev 20:1-5).
d. At the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will be loosed again and will deceive many people to rebel against Christ (Rebellion Against Jesus Christ). But the Lord Jesus will fight and defeat them.
e. After that, Satan will be cast into the lake of fire where the beast and the false prophet are. (Ruin of the Enemies of Christ)
f. Then all the nations will be judged (called the Great White Throne Judgment) and will give account to God for their deeds. Those who did not believe Christ and His gospel will be cast into the lake of fire. Those who believed the Son of God shall be with Him forever and ever (Rev 20:6-15). (The Day of Reckoning)
Q. What will happen in the Great Tribulation?
A. Since the Church of Christ has been removed from the earth, the work of Satan will go unhindered. Then the antichrist will begin his reign. It will last for about seven years (Daniel 9:27).
"Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come, except there be a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God; or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved"
-2 Thes. 2:1-10
a. First, the antichrist will stand in the holy place (of the temple) and desecrate the temple as prophesied by Daniel the prophet (Mat 24:15).
b. And "then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened" (Mat 24:21-22). Because of the world's utter sinfulness, the Lord will send plagues upon plagues, and woes upon woes.
Q. What will happen after the seven-year tribulation period?
A. Events at the end of the seven-year tribulation:
a. At the end of the seven-year tribulation, Christ will return with His saints to the earth.
b. Then the antichrist and his allies shall make war with the Lord Jesus Christ. The antichrist, the false prophet and the nations that are allied with them shall be defeated (Rev 19:11-21).
c. And Christ will establish His kingdom upon the earth and He shall rule with a rod of iron for a thousand years (Rev 19:15; 20:1-6).
Q. What will happen during Christ's millenium reign?
A. Events in the Millennial Reign of Christ:
a. The saints in Christ will reign with the Lord Jesus during that thousand-year reign. "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years" (Rev 20:4). Because of the riegn of Christ, the millennium will be peaceful and prosperous.
b. At that time, the devil will be bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years (Rev 20:1-3).
c. But at the end of the thousand-year-reign, "Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven; and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever" (Rev 20:7-10).
Q. When will Jesus Christ return?
A. The exact day and hour of His return is not known. "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but My Father only" (Matthew 24:36). His return is imminent and sure. "But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the day" (I Thessalonians 5: 1,2). The following is the order of events related to coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
a. Jesus Christ will come to take with Him all Christians before the seven-year tribulation (called The Great Tribulation) (John 14:1-3; I Cor. 15:51-56; I Thes. 4:13-18). This is commonly referred to as the Rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ.
b. Then at the end of the Great Tribulation period, He will return with His saints to fight and defeat the beast and the false prophet (Rev 19:11-21). This is called as the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
c. After that, He will establish His millennial kingdom (Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ) on earth while Satan is bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years (Rev 20:1-5).
d. At the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will be loosed again and will deceive many people to rebel against Christ (Rebellion Against Jesus Christ). But the Lord Jesus will fight and defeat them.
e. After that, Satan will be cast into the lake of fire where the beast and the false prophet are. (Ruin of the Enemies of Christ)
f. Then all the nations will be judged (called the Great White Throne Judgment) and will give account to God for their deeds. Those who did not believe Christ and His gospel will be cast into the lake of fire. Those who believed the Son of God shall be with Him forever and ever (Rev 20:6-15). (The Day of Reckoning)
Q. What will happen in the Great Tribulation?
A. Since the Church of Christ has been removed from the earth, the work of Satan will go unhindered. Then the antichrist will begin his reign. It will last for about seven years (Daniel 9:27).
"Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come, except there be a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God; or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved"
-2 Thes. 2:1-10
a. First, the antichrist will stand in the holy place (of the temple) and desecrate the temple as prophesied by Daniel the prophet (Mat 24:15).
b. And "then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened" (Mat 24:21-22). Because of the world's utter sinfulness, the Lord will send plagues upon plagues, and woes upon woes.
Q. What will happen after the seven-year tribulation period?
A. Events at the end of the seven-year tribulation:
a. At the end of the seven-year tribulation, Christ will return with His saints to the earth.
b. Then the antichrist and his allies shall make war with the Lord Jesus Christ. The antichrist, the false prophet and the nations that are allied with them shall be defeated (Rev 19:11-21).
c. And Christ will establish His kingdom upon the earth and He shall rule with a rod of iron for a thousand years (Rev 19:15; 20:1-6).
Q. What will happen during Christ's millenium reign?
A. Events in the Millennial Reign of Christ:
a. The saints in Christ will reign with the Lord Jesus during that thousand-year reign. "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years" (Rev 20:4). Because of the riegn of Christ, the millennium will be peaceful and prosperous.
b. At that time, the devil will be bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years (Rev 20:1-3).
c. But at the end of the thousand-year-reign, "Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven; and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever" (Rev 20:7-10).
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